Airmen evacuate patients in advance of Hurrcane Ike
BEAUMONT AIRPORT, Texas -- Tech. Sgt Angela Burton and Senior Airman Melinda Ford prepare medical patients for their flight from Beaumont Airport, Texas to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, September 12, 2008. These patients are being transported by a combined effort from the 61st Air Wing, C-130 aircraft and crews Little Rock Air Force Base and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron Scott Air Force Base, IL in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis) (RELEASED)